Police have arrested a domestic worker in connection with a big theft of a gold chain and cosmetic items from a house in the Akhaura Road area of Agartala on Tuesday.
Giving details, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Westy Agartala police station Sanjit Sen told the media on Tuesday that resident Pritidas Chowdhury had lodged a complaint at the police station alleging that a gold chain and cosmetic products were stolen from his residence.
Based on the complaint, police from the Battala police town outpost (TOP) launched an investigation. During the course of the investigation, the domestic worker was detained from the Akhaura Road area and brought to the police station for questioning.
Following interrogation, police allegedly recovered a 12-gram gold chain, estimated to be worth around Rs 2 lakh, along with the stolen cosmetic items from her possession. Police arrested the woman and produced her before a local court on Tuesday for further legal proceedings.